Update: Woman killed in Palmer Ave. attack

A Syracuse woman in her 40s was fatally stabbed this evening in the 200 block of Palmer Avenue, city police said.

The victim, whose identity police did not release, was taken to University Hospital in very critical condition after the attack in the street about 5:15 p.m., police and witnesses said. She later was pronounced dead.

Police say they are in the process of notifying the woman's family of her death.